Valve-operating mechanism



A. M. HOUSER AND W. B. MORRIS.

VALVE OPERATING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.2I.19I7- 1,361,060.

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VALVE OPERATING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED DC.2l, 1917.

1,361,960. i Patented Dec. 7,1920

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VALVE OPERATING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 21, 1917.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

' UNITED STATES DELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS NOIS', A CORPORATION OFILLINOIS.

'P'A'TENT OFFICE.

. ARTHUR M. HOUSER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND WILLIAM B. MORRIS, OFPHILA- T0 CRANE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLI- VALVE-OPERATIN MECHANISM.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

Application filed December 21, 1917. Serial No. 208,204.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ARTHUR M. IIOU'SER andWILLIAM B. MORRIS, citizens of the United States, and residents ofChicago, Illinois, and of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

7 respectively, have invented certain new and useful improvements inValve-Operating -Mechanism, of which the following is a full,

' and increase the eiliciency and utility of mechanism of thischaracter; and to provide means whereby all parts of the 1 mprovedmechanism are readily accessible and v removable for purposes of-repair,replacement, or inspection, and without in any way disturbing thefloor'in whichit may be located.

The invention also contemplates the provision of certain novel detailsof construction, combination andv arrangement ofp'arts, whereby themechanical integrity of the mechanism is at all times maintained.

These, together with such other objects as may hereinafter appear, orare incident to our invention, we obtain bymeans of'a constructionillustrated in a preferred form inthe accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 represents a plan viewof one embodiment of our invention; andFigs. 2 and 3 are respectivelyside and rear views in elevation of thesame. I c

One desirable form of valve with which our actuating mechanism isorganized, as shown in the drawings, is designated by the referenceletter A,and is of the type known as the Phillips flushing valve. 7 Thestructure is disclosed in the Phillips Letters Patent, #929,007 and#1.,102543, to which reference be -made in point of detail, if desired.Any suitable outlet connections may be provided between the valve A and[bowl B, such as the pipe C. which passes.

through the partition or wall D, behind which latter the valve ismounted and connected to any desired source of service water supplyabove the'level of the floor E.

Mounted'on the valve casingo is a lever 6 whose arm 7 when raised opensthe valve and brings the air check, (not shown) and which is carriedWithin the cylinder 8, into a position where the subsequent discharge ofthe water toward the bowl is controlled in the customary manner, untilthe valve closes whereupon the arm 7 is returned by.

water pressure to normal position, as shown in F 1g. 3 of the'drawlngs.

As already indicated, our invention moreparticularly resides in the footactuated mechanisms which extends from a point in front of the partitionD to the valve A behind it, and is designed to actuate the arm I 7 toopen the valve without any possibility of adventitious derangement toany of its componentelements, even under the hardest conditions of use.g V V y In carry ng out our invention, which as intendedniay beorganized with flushing valves other than that of the Phillips typeshown, a floor box 9 is set into the floor close to and atfa'convenientdistance from the side of the bowl B, and in advance of the partition D.The open top of the box is closed by a plate 10 which is secured byfastening elements 13 to the side lugs 14,

' and at one end thereof is formed 'with'a depending guide sleeve 11 forthe recep ion and guidance of a pedal. push button 12. The latter at itsupper end has an inwardly extending conical'recess 16, and at f itslower end has a sto ring 17 externally screw-threadedto it w ich servesto limit upward movement of the button by contactual relation withthelower terminal of the guide sleeve. At the otherend of the box and onthe side Wall nearest the pa'rtition, is a hub 18 formed with a screw-2Y threaded passage or opening disposed to have axial co-incidence withthe side wall sockets 19, and in which latter the hub 20 V of the pedallever 21 is designed to be joursupport and receive the lower pointed endof the push rod pin 23, whose similarly formed upper end seats in theconical recess 16 of the button index: cap 15. This method of supportingthe pedal button 12 coms5 dex cap 15-interiorly formed :Wltll anupgagement'with the aioresaidthreaded opening in the hub 18, said memberbeing immov- Y ably set into the concrete floor so asto have a commonaxis with the hub of the lever 21, and extends rearwardly from the hub18 beyond the floor into the utility corridor F behin'dthe partition.Rotatablymounted in said tubular member, and free of the floor, is afulcrum'rod whose squared ends pro ject terminally" therefrom, theforwardend 25 of which passingrinto the box snugly seats in a similarlyshapeo opening in the hub 20, and is secured therein by means of aclamping, screw 26. a

From an inspection of the drawings it will be seen that the arm 7 of thevalve controlling lever is terminally forked at 7* for. at-

tachmentto'a' connecting rod 27,'whose up per end is provided with'aseriesofd1oles 28,

29,'for the purpose of obtaining'adjustment with the fulcrum rod, and'whoseloWer end s p votally connected tofa connecting rod.

lever which in turn has its hub 30 rigidly mounted on the rearwardsquared end-25 of the fulcrum, rod 25.

1th the parts-positioned as described and V illustrated,it'willbeapparent that'upon pression of the'lever 21 when foot pressure isapplied to thebutton 12, the fulcrum rod;

has a measure of rotary movement in its bearing member 24 so asjtoelevaterthe lever v 1. :7 through the instrumentalityof the interposed'lever30 androd 27,.andthereby open 7 the valve to flush the1bowl,the partsra-rturn. ing to normalposition by water pressure uponthe closing'ofthevalve. I

With the {floor box andjtubular bearing. member. solidly set into thefloor, zthe latter also anchored'to the former against, 1 any possibledissociation, it will be obvious that protection against interferencewith the T normal functioning of the movable parts is afforded in a verycomplete manner; and that; not only are they efficiently arranged I andcombined to stand up against continuous hard usage,.but are-also, ma'inlyin view of @the provision of the closure and bearing -m embers 9 and24:, each andall' of them;

freely accessible for purposes ofrepair, re

placement ,or' inspection, and without disw turbing thefloor, partition,valve orbowh elements and operation of the: mechanism,

together With its simplicity and other ads vantages thereof, will beclearly apparent to those skilled inthe art.

,We do not desire tobe understood as limitstruction, or to the exactarrangement of cer- 'tain. parts as shown,-as itismanifest thatvariations and modifications thereof may be made in the adaptation ofthe invention to various conditions of use'without departing from thespirit and scope of ourr'invention and improvements. We thereforereserve the right to all "such variations and modifica tionsas properlyfall wlthin the scope of the;

invention and :the'terms of the following claims; V What we claim is: Vl. Ina deviceof'the character described, the combination of a housinghavinga top plate and an inner bearing, a' leverjournaled in saidbearing, said top plate provided with a depressible pedal; membercomprisinga tubular member extendingabove the plane" mg'ourselves to theprecise .detailsof conoi the plate andclosed at its upper end, and

a seli centering thrust pin loosely housed in said tubular member andinterposed between the free end of said lever and the closed upper endof said member.

2. In a device ofthe character described} the combinatlon or. a housinghav ng top closure plate, an operating leverm saidhous ing,.and a pedalmember having a sleeve bearingini saidfplate above the free endofsaichlever and having a portionot said sleeve-' normally pro ect nglabovethelplane' of said whose lower end engages said free"- end wh reby toactuate said level? 3. In a deviceof the character described,

e,saidfsleeve provided withathrust-pin;

sleeved iii said plate. and provided above said plate with a head, andathrustpinin said housing operatively interposed between said head andsaid leverQ r 4:; In a: device ofthe characterfdescribedf thecombination :of a honsingjhaving;fan' 7 upper. closure plate, anoperating leverjour- 7 I .110' bearing near its free end, a'depressiblepedal naled in said housing andi formed with a member vertically mountedin 'plate a nd self-centering thrust pin connection termi :integrallycomprisingza sleeve anda head 'i rhaviiigi a bearing :within the sleeve,and a 1 V nallyengaging said bearingsaand-having' its; intermediateportion housedin saidsleeve; I V

V In testimony whereof W61 have hereunto 'set' our. handsto thisspecification...

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